Conservatives on the Free Speech march - who woulda thunked it?

[Zenaan Harkness]

On Thu, Jul 05, 2018 at 12:09:18PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 04:27:32PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> > “Free speech is not just another value. It's the foundation of Western
> > civilization.”
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37875695
> > Toronto professor Jordan Peterson takes on gender-neutral pronouns
> > By Jessica Murphy BBC News, Toronto, 4 November 2016
> 
> 
> Peterson speaks so clearly that just about anyone with the capacity
> to listen ought be able to hear.
> 
> Free speech is one of the 4 or 5 fundamental, essential, foundational
> liberties, and one can find it difficult to put forth a compelling
> position to those presently entrenched in their hate speech.
> 
> Peterson does so readily, and clearly - in the following from about
> 52:00.
> 
> Enjoy,
> 
> Jordan Peterson _ Full Address and Q&A _ Oxford Union
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZMIbo_DxJk


In the USA today free speech is championed by the conservatives and
certainly not the far left Marxist loonies.

Admittedly everyone "right" of "far left Marxist loonies" tends to be
grouped as 'right wing' these days.


Conservatives Win Free Speech Fight Against UMass-Amherst
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-10/conservatives-win-free-speech-fight-against-umass-amherst

  Authored by Zachary Petrizzo via Campus Reform,

  The University of Massachusetts-Amherst has agreed to lift
  restrictions on the location and duration of speech, ending a legal
  fight with conservative students. 

  As previously reported by Campus Reform, Young Americans for
  Liberty (YAL) objected to a provision of the school’s land use
  policy, which stipulated that “outdoor speeches and rallies during
  class hours may be held only on the -west side (main entrance) of
  the Student Union Building, and shall be limited to one (1) hour in
  length, from noon to 1:00 P.M.”

  The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a legal group representing
  YAL in court, announced the policy change in a press release late
  last month, noting that the lawsuit has been dropped in light of
  the development.

    “In response to a student group’s lawsuit, University of
    Massachusetts Amherst has eliminated its highly restrictive
    speech policy that limited all ‘speeches and rallies’ to less
    than one percent of campus and only between noon and 1 p.m.
    each day,” ADF wrote.
	…